AFTraduction, Your Trusted Translation Agency In France
Professional Translation Services & Certified Interpreting Solutions
For over a decade, AFTraduction has been the trusted language partner for international businesses, law firms, and organizations expanding into French and European markets. Based in Paris and backed by our heritage as a former AFT Group subsidiary, we specialize in transforming your ideas—not just your words—across 190+ languages through our network of 700 certified native linguists. As a CNET member agency operating under ISO 17100 standards, we deliver court-certified translations, specialized industry expertise, and seamless interpretation services that ensure your message resonates authentically in every market. When precision, confidentiality, and cultural adaptation matter most, global leaders choose AFTraduction to bridge languages and build international success.
Why AFTraduction ?
Court-Certified Translation Authority & Legal Recognition
As one of France’s few agencies with direct access to court-appointed sworn translators, AFTraduction delivers legally recognized translations that major competitors cannot match. Our sworn translators are officially accredited by French Courts of Appeal, ensuring your documents carry full legal weight with government institutions, courts, and administrative bodies across France and internationally. Unlike standard translation agencies that outsource legal work, we maintain direct relationships with certified legal linguists who understand the precise terminology and formatting requirements for official document recognition. This authority extends beyond basic certification—our legal translations are backed by our CNET (National Chamber of Translation Companies) membership, demonstrating our commitment to the highest professional standards in the industry. When your business expansion, legal proceedings, or official applications depend on translation accuracy, our court-certified authority eliminates the risk of document rejection and costly delays.
Uncompromising Confidentiality & European Data Protection
In an era where data breaches cost businesses millions, AFTraduction’s European-based infrastructure and strict confidentiality protocols provide security that offshore competitors cannot guarantee. All our project management systems and client databases are hosted on secure French servers, ensuring your sensitive documents remain within European data protection jurisdiction and comply with GDPR requirements. Every translator, project manager, and team member signs comprehensive Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) before accessing any client materials, while our multi-layered security protocols include encrypted file transfers, secure client portals, and restricted access controls. Unlike global LSPs that may route your confidential documents through multiple international offices, our streamlined French operations maintain complete data sovereignty and traceability. For industries handling sensitive information—legal firms managing merger documents, pharmaceutical companies with proprietary research, or financial institutions with regulatory filings—our European data residency and confidentiality standards provide peace of mind that extends far beyond simple translation services.
190+ Languages with Certified Native Expert Linguists
While industry giants rely on vast networks of variable-quality freelancers, AFTraduction’s curated network of 700 certified native linguists ensures consistent excellence across every project and language combination. Our linguists aren’t just bilingual—they’re certified professionals with specialized expertise in sectors including legal, medical, financial, technical, and marketing translation. Each translator works exclusively into their native language and holds relevant academic qualifications or professional certifications in their specialized fields, ensuring cultural authenticity and technical accuracy that automated solutions and non-specialist translators cannot achieve. Our rigorous vetting process evaluates not only linguistic competence but also industry knowledge, with many of our translators holding advanced degrees in law, medicine, finance, or engineering alongside their translation credentials. This depth of expertise means your pharmaceutical documentation is handled by linguists with scientific backgrounds, your legal contracts by translators with law degrees, and your technical manuals by experts who understand complex engineering concepts—delivering translations that read as naturally as native content while maintaining absolute technical precision.
Professional Quality Management & Translation Excellence Standards
AFTraduction operates under rigorous quality management systems that ensure consistent, professional results—standards that many smaller agencies cannot achieve and larger LSPs often compromise for speed. Our quality framework follows multi-stage review processes including initial translation by certified linguists, specialized proofreading by subject matter experts, and final quality assurance checks by our project management team. This systematic approach, combined with our membership in CNET (National Chamber of Translation Companies), demonstrates our commitment to professional excellence and positions us among France’s most trusted language service providers. Unlike agencies that prioritize volume over quality or use unqualified reviewers, our commitment to translation excellence ensures continuous professional development, regular quality audits, and measurable quality metrics across every project. Our project managers, many holding advanced degrees in translation and interpreting, provide personalized attention and technical expertise that ensures your deadlines are met without sacrificing accuracy. When your international reputation depends on flawless communication, our professional quality management systems provide the reliability and accountability that distinguish AFTraduction from both budget providers and impersonal mega-agencies.
Professionnal Language Services
Sworn Translation Services (Court-Certified Translation)
AFTraduction provides sworn translations of absolute reliability, essential for your official procedures. Performed exclusively by expert translators accredited by French Courts of Appeal, we guarantee the compliance and official recognition of your documents (such as civil status documents, diplomas, transcripts, contracts, judgments, corporate bylaws, etc.) with all French and foreign administrations and legal institutions. Our recognized authority and proven rigor secure your most important procedures, ensuring your translated documents carry full legal weight and are accepted by government institutions, courts, and administrative bodies without risk of rejection or costly delays.
En savoir plusAgency-Certified Translation Services
AFTraduction’s written translation services also include “agency-certified” translation, which is non-sworn but bears the seal and attestation of our agency. We handle a wide variety of languages and translate all types of documents for which agency certification is sufficient. Our specialized translators are experts in their fields of expertise, holders of recognized diplomas and signatories to a strict ethical charter to ensure the quality and confidentiality of your projects. This is an excellent alternative when sworn translation is not mandatory, providing professional credibility and quality assurance for business documents, internal communications, and professional materials that require authentication but not legal certification.
En savoir plusLegal Translation Services
Our translation firm is your trusted partner for any legal translation, ensuring surgical precision and absolute confidentiality, essential in this sensitive field. We perfectly master terminological subtleties, legal concepts specific to each legal system (civil law, common law, etc.) and nuances between source and target languages. Entrust us with complete peace of mind with your contracts, litigation documents, intellectual property documents, notarized acts, or merger-acquisition documents: our proven expertise and methodological rigor guarantee your legal security internationally. We cover all aspects of business and civil law, understanding the critical importance of accuracy in legal contexts where a single mistranslation can have serious consequences.
En savoir plusTechnical Translation Services
Our technical translation agency excels by mobilizing expert translators with essential dual competence: impeccable linguistic skills and specialized sector expertise (engineering, IT, aeronautics, automotive, energy, medical, etc.). We master the specific terminology and complex concepts of your industry to guarantee clarity, precision, and reliability of your user manuals, product sheets, invention patents, specifications, software interfaces, technical websites, and video game documentation. Desktop publishing (DTP) of your technical documents is also handled for a turnkey delivery. Our proven rigor ensures flawless technical communication internationally, bridging the gap between complex technical concepts and clear, accessible documentation.
En savoir plusFinancial Translation Services
Our translation company provides financial translation services of meticulous precision, provided by specialized and experienced translators in the financial sector (banking, insurance, stock markets, audit, asset management). We master international accounting standards (IFRS, GAAP, etc.), complex stock market terminology, regulatory requirements (MiFID, Basel III, etc.) for all your critical documents: annual reports, prospectuses, market analyses, investor communications, audit documents, etc. Strengthen the confidence of your international partners and ensure your regulatory compliance through our financial expertise. Our translators understand not only the terminology but also the regulatory frameworks and cultural expectations of different financial markets.
En savoir plusMedical and Pharmaceutical Translation Services
Ensure flawless medical communication and strengthen patient safety through our dedicated expert service. As medical translation specialists, we perfectly understand the crucial human and regulatory stakes behind each health document. Our dedicated translators possess industry expertise (doctors, pharmacists, biologist linguists) to transpose with impeccable fidelity your drug notices, informed consents, scientific publications, clinical trial reports, marketing authorization files, or medical software interfaces. We commit to rigorous accuracy, systematic quality control, and total confidentiality, thus ensuring the confidence of healthcare professionals and regulatory authorities. Your reference partner for reliable and accessible medical information in all languages.
En savoir plusMarketing Translation and Transcreation Services
Your marketing message deserves much more than simple literal translation. It must resonate, persuade, and convert in each target market. Our agency excels in marketing translation and transcreation, going beyond words to capture the very essence of your brand and adapt it with creativity and relevance to local cultural sensitivities. Whether for your advertising campaigns (print, digital, TV), your website content optimized for local search engines, your social media strategy, your press releases, or your brand content (brand storytelling), our experts (linguists and creatives) guarantee maximum impact and authentic engagement. We also intervene for e-commerce content adaptation, ensuring your message maintains its persuasive power across all cultural contexts.
En savoir plusLuxury and Cosmetics Translation Services
AFTraduction masters the delicate art of luxury and cosmetic translation. We go well beyond words to capture your brand’s soul, your products’ refinement, and the unique storytelling that seduces your demanding and international clientele. From captivating product descriptions to impactful advertising campaigns, through editorial content and press kits, our specialized translators combine aesthetic sensitivity, deep sector knowledge, and linguistic precision for perfect resonance in each market. We understand the aspirational nature of luxury communication and the emotional connection that drives purchasing decisions in cosmetics, ensuring your brand image is enhanced globally while maintaining the sophistication and allure that defines luxury positioning.
En savoir plusScientific Translation Services
Share your discoveries with the entire world. We understand that clarity and absolute precision are essential for effectively communicating complex research and discoveries. That’s why we mobilize translators specialized by scientific discipline (biology, chemistry, physics, social sciences, etc.), guaranteeing deep understanding of the treated subject and faithful and exact restitution of your publications in peer-reviewed journals, experimental protocols, grant applications, patents, or advanced technical documentation. Our methodological rigor, adapted quality process, and commitment to confidentiality make us the trusted partner so your science speaks all languages, with clarity and accuracy. We ensure that complex scientific concepts are accurately conveyed without losing their precision or meaning.
En savoir plusInterpretation Services
We offer a complete range of excellent interpretation services through our network of polyglot interpreters, specialized by sector of activity and graduates of the most prestigious interpretation schools. Several interpretation modes are offered to adapt to each situation: conference interpretation (simultaneous, consecutive), liaison interpretation (for small committee meetings, visits, negotiations), telephone interpretation or via video conferencing platform, or in-person interpretation. We cover a vast range of linguistic combinations. A turnkey service including equipment rental if necessary, ensuring seamless communication regardless of the complexity or scale of your multilingual events.
En savoir plusVideo Subtitling Services
We offer high-quality subtitling services through a team of multilingual professionals, specialized and trained in the best schools in the audiovisual field. Several subtitling options are available to meet all your needs: subtitling for cinema and television (respecting industry standards), live subtitling for events (webinars, conferences), adapted subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH/CC), as well as multilingual subtitling for streaming platforms (Netflix, YouTube, etc.) and corporate or training videos. We can also provide voice-over services. Our subtitles are precise and synchronized, ensuring accessibility and engagement across all your video content while maintaining the emotional impact and timing of the original material.
En savoir plusMultilingual Audio and Video Transcription Services
AFTraduction offers a specialized transcription and retranscription service for all your audio and video recordings. Whether interviews, meetings, conferences, focus groups, or digital dictations, our extensive team of salaried transcribers and partners handles multiple languages in various fields of expertise. We use cutting-edge technological tools combined with extensive and varied human expertise to guarantee faithful and rapid transcription, precisely meeting your expectations (verbatim, cleaned up, etc.). Our transcription services bridge the gap between spoken content and written documentation, enabling you to maximize the value of your recorded materials across multiple languages and formats.
En savoir plusMachine Translation Post-Editing (MTPE) Services
AFTraduction offers professional Machine Translation Post-Editing services that combine the efficiency of advanced AI translation technology with the expertise of human linguists to deliver cost-effective, high-quality translations. Our skilled post-editors review and refine machine-translated content, correcting errors, improving fluency, and ensuring cultural appropriateness while maintaining consistency with your brand voice and technical terminology. We offer both light post-editing for internal documents requiring basic comprehension and full post-editing for publication-ready materials that demand native-level quality. This hybrid approach allows you to benefit from faster turnaround times and reduced costs while maintaining the accuracy and nuance that only human expertise can provide, making it ideal for large-volume projects, content updates, and time-sensitive materials where traditional translation might be cost-prohibitive.
En savoir plusProfessional Voice Over Services
Our multilingual voice over services bring your content to life with authentic, engaging narration that resonates with your target audiences worldwide. AFTraduction collaborates with a carefully selected network of professional voice actors, native speakers who possess not only linguistic fluency but also the vocal skills and cultural understanding necessary to convey your message with the right tone, emotion, and credibility. Whether you need corporate presentations, e-learning modules, product demonstrations, advertising spots, documentary narration, or multimedia content, our voice over professionals adapt their delivery to match your brand identity and audience expectations. We handle everything from script adaptation and cultural localization to professional recording and post-production, ensuring your audio content maintains the same impact and professionalism in every language while respecting the specific vocal traditions and preferences of each target market.
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